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Covert Incest in Women's Lives: Dynamics and Directions for Healing

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1986

Abstract

The pervasiveness of incest in our culture is now being recognized. yet covert incest is rarely discussed or focused on as having harmful effects on its victims. This paper examines the concept of covert incest from a feminist theoretical perspective and discusses several of its forms, namely father-daughter, mother-daughter, and therapist-client covert incest. Issues related to healing are briefly presented.

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On reconnait maintenant que le phénomène de l'inceste s'est infiltré dans notre culture. Cependant il est rare que l'on discute de l'inceste latent et de ses effets nocifs sur les personnes qui en sont victims. Le présent article examine le concept d'inceste latent dans une perspective théorique s'inspirant d'une approche féministe: on discute de plusieurs manifestations de ce phénoméne dont les formes pére-fille, mère-fille, et thérapeute-client. On présente brièvement les problèmes reliés au traitement.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 5Number 2September 1986
Pages: 73 - 83

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Naida D. Hyde
Simon Fraser University

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